Temporary binder



A. J. CARDOZA v TEMRORARY BINDER March 24, 1931.

Original Filed Oct' 31. 1927 IN VENTOR BY A TTORNEY r/// /A Q Reissued Mar. 24, 1931 PATENT OFFICE ANTONE J. CABDOZA, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA TEMPORARY BINDER Original No. 1,683,238, dated September 4, 1928, Serial No. 229,922, flied October 31, 1927. Application for reissue flied May 10, 1930. Serial-No. 451,447. I

This invention relates to temporary binders of the type adapted to hold magazines, catalo es, telephone books, or other publications 0 the type having one edge bound, or consisting of a fold, the said publication being removably held in position within the binder.

I am aware of binders which hold such publications therein by means of manually operated spring rods, and others wherein the ublication is locked within the binder by a ocking means which is a visible and conspicuous part of the binder, and still others wherein t e locking feature is finger operated by anyone having the binder in his possession.

My invention has features and advantages not possessed by any of the foregoing types,

and is especially adapted for observation and Pullman cars, clubs, libraries, and other places where it frequently happens that the publications are of very considerable value, and experience has demonstrated that patrons frequently remove the magazine from the binder, such, for instance, as on observation cars of railroad trains. The carrier provides expensive pictorial magazines of views along the line of travel, and experience has shown that the traveling public remove the magazines and appropriate the same. To place a visible look upon the binder gives affront to refined patronage, yet, for the financial benefit of the owner and the benefit of all the patrons, it is desirable that the magazine be locked within the binder for use by all.

The object of the invention is to produce a temporary binder economical in commercial production, and which ispositive and secure in its holding of the'publication within the binder and which is adaptable to operation by a. socket wrench or socket key locking and unlocking a mechanism which normally is not operable without use of a socket wrench or key.

Another object is to provide a binder adapted to. lockthe bound. publication. into, a

grooved channel, so that it may not readily be removed therefrom without "a specially adapted means for unlocking the binder, and generally to improve upon the present existing temporary binders for similar purposes.

showlng in dotted lines a magazine therein,

and also in dotted lines the binder rod partially removed from its locking position.

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view, taken centrally of the longitudinal dimension.

Fig. 3 is a vertical elevation of an end view showing the locking means inset.

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken transversely on line 4-4, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross section enlargement of the: opposite ends of Fig. 2.

A binding device in accordance with this invention comprises, in connection with two cover boards joined together with the usual hinge back portion generally indicated A, a longitudinal support plate which'may take the form of a U-shaped channel member 1 extending longitudinally of said back portion, A, and adapted to receive the bound or folded portion of a magazine or catalogue, or folded edge of a publication as at 2, said channel member 1 having an suitable means therein for removably and tightly attaching same to the back A of the cover, such as indicated 3 in Fig. 2, said member 1 stop in short of the longitudinal limits of the Eacfi A so as to allow the locking means, here after described, tocome wit in said limits and not project therebeyond. The member 1, when used for relatively thin publications, has longitudinal side flanges 1a extending u wardly from the floor thereof a suflicient distance to prevent the publication therein being spread quite flat, but permitting. the

v publication to be opened sufliciently for use.

It is therefore obvious that when the publication is of sufficient thickness so that its bulk prevents it from being slipped from under 311B; bar d3, the "flanges l u ,my '?be lolimi- 1 V v 5 A At one end of said channel member isa lug 4 extending upwardly from theebottom of the U channel member 1, and is preferably formed by being bent back downwind: ly upon itself substantially parallel as at 5, the fiweieees thus fernmdmeing a'n relationship, as at 6. Thexmd' is'prmi'dd in its outer wall with an opening 7, and the inner wall of saidlug is provided with an openings the outer opening? being'ofgreator diameter thanthe inner opening 8 and in substantial axial alignmenttherewith. At the opposite and of the U-channel member 1 is u'seoond 'lag a extendin "upwardly, and bentbac "downwardly 11 tm itself subshmtlslly parallel, as at 10, it ing optional whether the facing walls 9 and"10 -iare in contact or in spaced-relationship, my pret emce bemg that the 'opposing fam thereof be substant ally theorem. inner P- wardly tnrnedwall of mg preferably contains aide opening -11 in "ali' ent with a secon ry opening 12 in thedownwardly turned portion 10, opening-12 having screw threads thereimfilhis construction is probably'best illustrated in Fig. 5.

'A'binder rod13 is provided, preferably on:

cular-in transverse cross section, being of suffioient length to' extend] between and connect With-thelrlgs and "10, andbeing ofless diamdter than the openings 7, s and '11,and being threaded at one end as 'at14 forthreadably engaging the k with correspo n threads 15'for that pur- The end 0' the rod 13 opposite the threaded end is headed as at 16 sothat-the headed portion is larger than the opening 8,

and smaller than :the opening 7, said headed pmionifi forming a'shoulder in contaotwith the surface of h1g4 to mstrict'further forrims-fl movement of the rod '13 when the thmadediend-of said rodis drawn tightly'into the threadedopeningd2, said headed portion of the radii} nlsoallowin for engagement therewith' o'f aidatached so tflkey fl, which keymay of any suitable type having a adapted to pass thrdugh'sthe opening 7mm! turnablyiangage theend lfiioftherodw; In opemtionflthe :rod 13 is unscrewed by means of the'key 17 so that its oppesiteend 1'4 isdi'sengaged its threaded engagement withthe'ilirg 1D,, an'd therodltS may-then be r v lts'l flwn fifdm'lim 1,

ogening'm, which is provided which permits of placing the fold of the I magazine or other publication within the binder, by placing the bound edge or fold thereof in the channel member 1, the flange 4 and 9 preventing endwise slippage; the rod 13 is then passed between the pages of the magazine orbook and inserted through the guide 9 and turned by means of key 17 into threaded engagement with opening 12 until the shoulder formed by the head 16 of the red; 13 impinges :the lug 4. 'key 17 is then Temoved and the magazine or book is left securely locked in the binder. While my preferred form shows the flanges 4 and 9 constructed by'being' bent backupon themqselveg itis manifest that these lugs could be ,made of a single solid piece of material, ihavimgpmperrat .7 and i111.

It isnbvimistlmt when'the bound edge of the publication is placed within the channel 1 andthe rod 13 is pressed down seas to bethreaded' through the guide 11 and fixedly engaged, the publication cannot be spread outfia't and "taken from the binder'with'out removal of the rod 13. :Since :itdS contem-- plated that a socket wrench or ikey of the special type to fit the rod head lfi'will belin the possession of the custodian only'of the publication, the publication is reasonably secure from being removed from the binder, since the head 16 of the rod 13bec0me's =reeesse d in the -space -6 ,and'not suseeptibleito finger operati'on. This construction eliminatesziheiofiensive appearance of lookingithe pflblimtion tozprewent-its removal.

v Hayingthusides'cribed myinvention what I-claim.and desire'tto-secure by L'Hat- 1. Abinder-daviqacomprising a longitudinal channel member adapted to reeeivethe fold of a publication, an upwardly extending perforated lug at each-end of said channel member, "one of said lugs being adapted to-tightly and rcmovablyengage an end of a iold' of a publication, a rodsubstantially parallel therewith and adapted to hold a publication said elmnnel member by saidrod being ip'assedibetween the pages of said publication, lugs at the opposite ends of said channel member adapted for tightly and isdid mtl dnlaflodqio tion, and means at one end of said rod adapted for engagement with a key whereby said rod may be released from said fixed position, said latter means lying within one of the lugs when the rod is tightly held.

3. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel member to receive the fold of a publication, a lug at each end of said member, a rod havin a headed end and a threaded end an extending between said In s, the threaded end of said rod adapted or releasable engagement by one of said In s, the other end of said rod assing throug axially aligned bores of diferent diameters in the other lug in such manner that the headed end of said rod will be held within the recess of said lug and against the shoulder formed between the two bores.

4. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel member adapted to receive the fold of a publication, an upwardly extending lug at each end of said member, a rod ex tending longitudinally of said member and substantially centrally disposed over the channel thereof, an end of said rod having threaded engagement with one of said lugs and having an end headed for shouldered 'engagement with one of said lugs, one of the said lugs being recessed to accommodate the headed portion of said rod, and said headed end of said rod being adapted to seat tightly within said recess when the threadedly engaged end of said rod is tightly engaged.

5. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel-member adapted to receive the fold of a publication, upwardly extending lugs at each of the opposite ends of said member, a rod extending longitudinally of said member, one end of said rod having a threaded engagement with one of said lugs and the other end of said rod being headed for shouldered engagement with the second of said lugs, the said second lug being recessed to accommodate the headed portion of said rod, and means to engage said headed portion of said rod within said recess so that said rod may be turned on its longitudinal axis. 1

6. A binder device comprising a longitudinal channel member having upwardly extendin lugs at each of the opposite ends thereo each of said upwardly extended lugs being formed by bending an extension of the floor of said channel member upwardly at an angle to said floor and then bending said extended portion back upon itself, the one of said lugs having a guide opening through its inner layer and being threaded in its outer layer, and the second of said lugs having its inner layer and outer layer in spaced relation ship, the outer layer having an opening therethrough of greater diameter than a similar opening through the inner layer, a rod having a headed portion and a body portion and the outer layer of the first mentioned lug,

the recessed headed end of said rod being adapted for engagement by a socket key for rotation of the rod so that the threaded end of said rod may be turned to threadably and tightly engage the first mentioned lug, the

headed portion of said rod being then ada ted to seat tightly against the inner wall 0 the second lug. I

7. A device for temporary binders, comprising a pair of spaced lugsadapted to tightly and releasably engage a binder rod, means whereby said lugs may be supported in spaced relationship, one of said lugs provided with an opening therein adapted to receive a rod member, and one of said lugs having a recessed opening therethrough, and a headed rod adapted to connect and be tightly and releasably engaged by said lugs so that the head of the rod lies within said recess.

8. A device for temporary binders, comprising a pair of spaced lugs adapted to tightly and releasably engage a binder rod, means whereby said lugs may be supported in spaced relationship, one of said lugs provided with an opening therein adapted to receive a rod member, and one of said lugs having a recessed opening therethrough, and a rod adapted to connect and be engaged by said lugs, said rod having a headed end portion adapted to lie substantially within the recess of said opening.

9. A device for temporary binders, comprising a pair of spaced lugs adapted to tightly and releasably engage a binder rod, means whereby said lugs may be supported in spaced relationship, one of said lugs provided with an o ening therein adapted to receive a rod mem er, and one of said lugs having a recessed opening therethrough, and a rod adapted to connect and be engaged by said lugs, said rod having a headed end portion adapted to lie substantially within the recess of said opening, said rod being adapted to be engaged by a key engagement at an end thereof.

10. A device for temporary binders, comprising a pair of lugs adapted to tightly and releasably engage a binder rod, each having an opening therein, means whereby said lugs may be supported in spaced relationship, a rod connecting said lugs and received and engaged by the lugs so that the end portions of the rod lie substantially within the extreme faces of the respective lugs, the rod having an end formed to receive a key whereby the rod may be manipulated.

having in achgted to bentby aka ,a l 'aheach on i of the binder rod, each 0 maid provided with t regain-a1; eni-gf thlibinder 7 ro eopenmg mzone'o sm ,ugsmg reeesaed to rooeiva-therein the endof the. rod having a shoulder,- said lugs having a portion an arly extendmg, therefrom in 'substantia 1y parallel relation to the binder rod. In, testimony whereof .I have signed my name to this'specificatiqn.

' .J. GARDOZA; 

